Archive for April 6th, 2008
« Previous EntriesExpensive ID cards a tool for marijuana patients to be verified
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Fri, 4 Apr 2008
Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA)
Andrea Koskey
POT ID CARDS APPROVED
Medical marijuana users in Yuba County now have an identification card to verify possession of the drug.
The card, which will cost $126, was approved by county supervisors Tuesday. The card is meant to provide uniformity across the state and give law enforcement an easier way to [...]
Judge rules that pot dispensary was operating as a “legitimate business.”
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Sat, 5 Apr 2008
Desert Sun, The (Palm Springs, CA)
Amy Blaisdell
MARIJUANA DISPENSARY SCORES VICTORY IN COURT
Judge Rules Search Warrant Served on CannaHelp Invalid; D.A. to Appeal
The criminal case against the owner and managers of a Palm Desert medical marijuana dispensary was dealt a setback Friday when a judge invalidated the search warrant used to investigate the [...]
Damage to hemp store may cause owner to close his doors
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Fri, 04 Apr 2008
Coast Reporter (CN BC)
Greg Amos
HEMP BUSINESS ‘POSSIBLY TARGETED’
420 Break-Ins
After four separate incidences of vandalism in March, the owner of downtown Sechelt’s 420 Hemp Shop is considering closing his shop for good.
“This is going to put me out of business,” said Danny Owsnett, who founded the store on Cowrie Street in 2002. Damages [...]
Lawsuits contend Measure B is unconstitutional
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Sat, 5 Apr 2008
Willits News (CA)
Mike A’Dair
POT WAR GOES TO COURT
A second lawsuit seeking to block Measure B from appearing on the June ballot was filed last week.
The suit, filed by independent newspaper publisher Richard Johnson, follows an earlier lawsuit by Mendocino attorney E. D. Lerman on behalf of medical marijuana clients Paula Laguna and [...]
Hearst newspaper$ responsible for Reefer Madness?
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Tue, 1 Apr 2008
Nyack Villager, The (NY)
Shel Haber
THE MARIJUANA PLOT
Cannabis, marijuana’s real name, was legal before 1930 and openly available at pharmacies across the USA. It was commonly prescribed by doctors to relieve pain and menstrual cramps.
The word marijuana is nothing more than Mexican slang for cannabis or hemp, the same plant that has been [...]
Interview with Dan Konstantin, Pot Seed Breeder
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Thu, 03 Apr 2008
NOW Magazine (CN ON)
Matt Mernagh
INTERVIEW BY MATT MERNAGH WITH POT SEED BREEDER DAN KONSTANTIN
My original quest to speak with Konstantin amongst cannabis community contacts turned up all the wrong leads. His lawyer hooked me up.
Yet cannabis aficionados drool over his creation of a plant he called God Bud-a High Times Cannabis Cup [...]
100 Mile House committed to planting hemp crops this year
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Wed, 02 Apr 2008
100 Mile House Free Press (CN BC)
Joan Silver
HEMP FARMING, THE OTHER CASH CROP
It’s been three long years of research, meetings, planning and trials and this is the year to prove it’s all been worthwhile.
The District of 100 Mile House has been actively pursuing hemp farming, a project identified by the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle [...]
Cruel and unusual punishment to extradite pot activist to the U.S.
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Thu, 03 Apr 2008
NOW Magazine (CN ON)
Matt Mernagh
HOMEGROWN BAILOUT?
POT PRINCE PALS TRY TO ARREST HIM UNDER CANUCK LAW
There’s a massive cloud of cannabis confusion hovering around Marc Emery’s extradition case now that the deal between the Prince of Pot and U.S. prosecutors has hit the skids.
Under the now-defunct arrangement, Emery’s two co-accused, Greg Williams and [...]
There is no reason pot should be banned for adults
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Sun, 30 Mar 2008
Eagle-Tribune, The (MA)
Taylor Armerding
PROSECUTING POT IS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY
This is historic. Barney Frank and I agree on something.
Actually, I probably agree with at least 10 percent of what the now-veteran, hard-left Massachusetts congressman says and does. It’s just that there are few places where the views of the liberal [...]
Reefer madness persists in the dusty corners of State House
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Sun, 30 Mar 2008
Milford Daily News, The (MA)
Rick Holmes
COMMON SENSE ON MARIJUANA
Now that we’ve settled the casino thing, anybody for a joint?
Marijuana decriminalization is the next hot-button social issue moving through the state Legislature. But unlike casino gambling, marijuana reform can’t be stopped by House Speaker Sal DiMasi. If the Legislature doesn’t enact it, voters [...]